We are pleased to announce that three senior members of the Ayers Recruiting Division have been promoted to Managing Director.

§         Bill Kirk has been managing Ayers’ recruiting office in Rye since it opened in October 2002 and is spearheading the firm’s entry into new geographic markets, including Westchester and Connecticut, and industries, such as hedge funds. A nine year Ayers veteran, he also has expanded his responsibilities in account management and recruiting to the global arena.

§         Harry Plastik, who has been with Ayers for more than five years, has management responsibilities within the New York practice.  He has been instrumental in the firm’s recent expansion into the London market, including the hiring of staff members who report to him.

§        Donna Held joined Ayers three years ago and has been instrumental in building the firm’s IT Consulting Practice, which will soon enter its fourth year. As Sales Manager, she is leading the practice’s expansion into industries beyond financial services (consumer products, insurance, transportation, publishing, information security, and risk mitigation) as well as new geographic markets.

Joining Ayers as Vice President of Client Relations is John Skabo, who oversees and serves as client liaison with corporate accounts and is actively involved in new-business development. John has more than 20 years experience in career management, including significant achievements in organizational planning and development, compensation, employee relations, and staffing. He was previously an executive consultant at a global career-management services company, where he directed major downsizing projects and provided counseling to all management levels. John has held key HR positions with Fortune 500 firms—including HR Director at a division of Ciba-Geigy—and was a founding principal of a New York City-based career-management consulting firm that specialized in counseling senior executives.

We are also pleased to welcome three additional staff members who recently joined the firm as Senior Recruiters.

§         Dan Collier brings to his new position the insights of a well-traveled professional whose background includes four years in IT recruiting and several years of sales/marketing experience in telecommunications and e-commerce. Dan, who has worked in the UK, Africa, and Australasia, has also served as Director of Strategy and Sales for a Talent-Relationship Management software startup.

§         Farida Gibbs is an experienced professional who has delivered recruitment services in the IT, telecommunications, and teleservices industries in the UK for more than seven years. Her clients have included Hutchison 3G, Level 3, Worldcomm/MCI, Vitria Technology, NetlQ, and Inet Technologies. Farida is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).